Local influencers get candid about their powerful women influences

While we’re not where we need to be yet, there’s at least a collective number of powerful womxn who are grabbing their seats at the table, thus paving the way for the rest, particularly in the entertainment industry (hey Beyoncé, Solange, Ava DuVernay, Issa Rae, Laverne Cox, Terry Pheto, Thembi Seete, DJ Zinhle, Nomzamo Mbatha, and many more.)

This Woman’s Day, Netflix rounded up ten local media personalities and influencers who came together to discuss and dress up as a woman characters on Netflix shows that inspire them personally.

Tumi Voster as Annelise Keating on How To Get Away With Murder

Brilliant criminal defense attorney and law professor Annalise Keating, plus five of her students, become involved in twisted murder cases but she always manages to untangle herself and triumph through all the trials and tribulations.

Nadia Jaftha as Piper Chapman on Orange Is The New Black

A privileged New Yorker ends up in a women’s prison when a past crime catches up with her in this Emmy-winning series. Piper learns how to navigate, adapt and survive in a different environment that she led herself into.

Nontando Mposo as Suzanne ‘Crazy Eyes’ Warren on Orange Is The New Black

Suzanne suffers from a mental illness that sometimes sees her spiraling out of control, she also lacks social skills but she is an intelligent woman with a nerdy sense of humour.

Lesego ‘ThickLeyonce’ Legobane as Coco Conners on Dear White People

Coco Conners is trying to find her identity in a post-racial American and predominantly white Ivy League university. She is tough, classy, ambitious, calculated yet soft and genuinely pure and powerful young woman.

Kitso Kgori as Joelle Brooks on Dear White People

Joelle is a proud black activist with a sharp- tongue. She is straight-forward and is the tell it like it is type.

Jeannie D as Chelsea Handler on Chelsea Does

In a provocative documentary series, comedian Chelsea Handler confronts personal and cultural hang-ups around four topics that fascinate her.

Patty Monroe as Nola Darling on She’s Gotta Have It

Nola Darling struggles to stay true to herself and her dreams while juggling three lovers in this Spike Lee series but she is willing to learn about herself and everything that makes her who she is. She certainly doesn’t confirm to society standards of doing things.

Sadie Torquato as Jessica Jones on Jessica Jones

Haunted by a traumatic past, Jessica Jones uses her gifts as a private eye to find her tormentor before he can harm her or anyone else that is close to her. She is complex and on the surface, she comes across as emotionally-unavailable, she cares deeply and is protective of the people she loves.

Kathryn Rossiter as Robyn Wright on House of Cards

Robyn is married to a congressman who is working his way on becoming the President of The United States and of course along the way he exact revenge on the people that betrayed him. Robyn is a feisty, strong and calculated woman who knows exactly what she wants and how to get it.

Minki Van Der Westhuizen as Queen Elizabeth on The Crown

This drama follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.